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SUMMARY:Altered States // Kim Cascone\, TeZ
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/concert-kim-cascone-tez/":Join u
s for a special concert evening featuring two prominent artists working wit
hin the medium of altered states of perception.\nKim Cascone will present h
is new 34-minute sensory meditation 'Becoming Aiôn'. Utilizing Schumann res
onances\, Spricom frequencies\, binaural and monaural beat frequencies and
spatial effects\, 'Becoming Aiôn' is not a concert in the traditional sense
\, but an experience intended to induce deep meditative states in the liste
ner.\n'Becoming Aiôn' is an acoustic mirror\, a reflecting pool bringing th
e audience's unconscious to the surface through the technique of entrainmen
t\, allowing them to project onto the sonic gauze. 'Becoming Aiôn' could be
likened to a scrying mirror into which the viewers unconscious is projecte
d then reflected back to them. This work was inspired by my research in Jun
gian psychology\, Hermetic philosophy\, brain entrainment techniques\, alte
red states of consciousness\, meditation and a variety of other areas.\n&nb
sp\;\nPrior to 'Becoming Aiôn'\, TeZ will perform 'PV868'\, a performance a
imed at producing an audiovisual feed/stimulus which allows a peculiar effe
ct of moving visual patterns to emerge directly in the brain of the observe
r.\nThe stimulus is generated in real-time by a combination of flickering v
ideo\, in the form of abstract lights and color gradients\, coupled with sy
nchronized synthetic sounds (binaural beats) diffused in a surround quadrop
honic system. These elements are performed and recombined in real-time.\n'P
V868' is inspired by the readings of John Geiger’s “Chapel of Extreme Exper
ience” and W. G. Walter’s “The Living Brain”. The title\, 'PV868'\, is the
patent number of the Dream Machine developed by Brion Gysin and William S.
Burroughs in the late 50's.\nDISCLAIMER: This work is based on the use of f
lickering video light which might cause seizures in people suffering of pho
togenic or photosensitive epilepsy.\n\n\nDate: Sunday 11 November\, 2012\nT
ime: 20:30 hrs. (doors open 20:00 hrs.)\nCost: €5\nLocation: STEIM Studio 3
\, Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134\, Amsterdam\nKim Cascone has a long history inv
olving electronic music: he received his formal training in electronic musi
c at the Berklee College of Music in the early 1970?s\, and in 1976 continu
ed his studies with Dana McCurdy at the New School in New York City.\nAfter
moving to San Francisco in the 1980?s\, and gaining experience as an elect
ronic technician in the audio industry\, Cascone worked with David Lynch as
Assistant Music Editor on both “Twin Peaks” and “Wild at Heart.” Cascone l
eft the film industry in 1991 to concentrate on his company Silent Records\
, a label that he founded in 1986\, transforming it into the U.S.’s premier
ambient electronic music label.\nAt the height of Silent’s success in earl
y 1996\, he sold the company in order to pursue a career as a sound designe
r for Thomas Dolby’s company Headspace. After a two year stint at Headspace
he worked for Staccato Systems as the Director of Content where he oversaw
sound design using algorithmic synthesis for video games.\nSince 2001 Kim
has been touring Europe performing\, conducting workshops and lecturing on
post-digital aesthetics in sound art. Kim has released more than 40 albums
of electronic music since 1984 and has recorded/performed with Merzbow\, Ke
ith Rowe\, Tony Conrad\, Scanner\, John Tilbury\, and Pauline Oliveros amon
g others.\nCascone is the founder of the .microsound list which focuses on
post-digital music and laptop performance (http://www.microsound.org) and h
is writing has been published in Computer Music Journal (MIT Press)\, Artby
te\, Soundcultures\, Parachute Journal\, Junk Jet\, Geometer\; he has guest
edited and written for Contemporary Music Review and acts as an advisor to
the journal “Interference” based in Dublin\, Ireland. Kim is a citizen of
both the USA and Italy and lives on the coast of California\, south of San
Francisco\, with his wife Kathleen and son Cage.\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Kim_Cascone\nMaurizio Martinucci (aka TeZ) is an Italian interdiscipli
nary artist and producer\, living and working in Amsterdam\, who has collab
orated with\, amongst others\, Adi Newton\, Scanner\, Kim Cascone\, Saverio
Evangelista\, Taylor Deupree\, Sonia Cillari\, Chris Salter\, Honor Harger
\, Luca Spagnoletti and Domenico Sciajno.\nHe uses technology as a means to
explore perceptual effects and the relationship between sound\, light and
space. He focuses primarily on generative compositions with spatialized sou
nd for live performances and installations. In his works he adopts custom d
eveloped software and hardware\, featuring original techniques of sonificat
ion and visualization to investigate vibrational phenomena. In recent years
his research has extended to the ideation and creation of specific archite
ctural structures and unconventional sound and light propagation methods to
enhance immersivity and multisensory perception.\nTeZ is also the brainfat
her of the ‘Optofonica’ platform for Synesthetic Art-Science\, located in A
msterdam.\nhttp://www.tez.it/\n
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Join us for a special concert evening featu
ring two prominent artists working within the medium of altered states of p
erception.

\n

Kim Cascone will present his new 34-minute sensory medit
ation 'Becoming Aiôn'. Utilizing Schumann resonances\, Spricom frequencies\
, binaural and monaural beat frequencies and spatial effects\, 'Becoming Ai
ôn' is not a concert in the traditional sense\, but an experience intended
to induce deep meditative states in the listener.

\n

'Becoming Aiôn' i
s an acoustic mirror\, a reflecting pool bringing the audience's unconsciou
s to the surface through the technique of entrainment\, allowing them to pr
oject onto the sonic gauze. 'Becoming Aiôn' could be likened to a scrying m
irror into which the viewers unconscious is projected then reflected back t
o them. This work was inspired by my research in Jungian psychology\, Herme
tic philosophy\, brain entrainment techniques\, altered states of conscious
ness\, meditation and a variety of other areas.

\n

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Pri
or to 'Becoming Aiôn'\, TeZ will perform 'PV868'\, a performance aimed at p
roducing an audiovisual feed/stimulus which allows a peculiar effect of mov
ing visual patterns to emerge directly in the brain of the observer.

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p>The stimulus is generated in real-time by a combination of flickering vid
eo\, in the form of abstract lights and color gradients\, coupled with sync
hronized synthetic sounds (binaural beats) diffused in a surround quadropho
nic system. These elements are performed and recombined in real-time.\n

'PV868' is inspired by the readings of John Geiger’s “Chapel of Extreme
Experience” and W. G. Walter’s “The Living Brain”. The title\, 'PV868'\, is
the patent number of the Dream Machine developed by Brion Gysin and Willia
m S. Burroughs in the late 50's.

\n

DISCLAIMER: This work
is based on the use of flickering video light which might cause seizures in
people suffering of photogenic or photosensitive epilepsy.\n\n

Kim Cascone has a long history in
volving electronic music: he received his formal training in electronic mus
ic at the Berklee College of Music in the early 1970?s\, and in 1976 contin
ued his studies with Dana McCurdy at the New School in New York City.

\n

After moving to San Francisco in the 1980?s\, and gaining experience as
an electronic technician in the audio industry\, Cascone worked with David
Lynch as Assistant Music Editor on both “Twin Peaks” and “Wild at Heart.” C
ascone left the film industry in 1991 to concentrate on his company Silent
Records\, a label that he founded in 1986\, transforming it into the U.S.’s
premier ambient electronic music label.

\n

At the height of Silent’s
success in early 1996\, he sold the company in order to pursue a career as
a sound designer for Thomas Dolby’s company Headspace. After a two year sti
nt at Headspace he worked for Staccato Systems as the Director of Content w
here he oversaw sound design using algorithmic synthesis for video games.
p>\n

Since 2001 Kim has been touring Europe performing\, conducting works
hops and lecturing on post-digital aesthetics in sound art. Kim has release
d more than 40 albums of electronic music since 1984 and has recorded/perfo
rmed with Merzbow\, Keith Rowe\, Tony Conrad\, Scanner\, John Tilbury\, and
Pauline Oliveros among others.

\n

Cascone is the founder of the .micr
osound list which focuses on post-digital music and laptop performance (htt
p://www.microsound.org) and his writing has been published in Computer Musi
c Journal (MIT Press)\, Artbyte\, Soundcultures\, Parachute Journal\, Junk
Jet\, Geometer\; he has guest edited and written for Contemporary Music Rev
iew and acts as an advisor to the journal “Interference” based in Dublin\,
Ireland. Kim is a citizen of both the USA and Italy and lives on the coast
of California\, south of San Francisco\, with his wife Kathleen and son Cag
e.

Maurizio Martinucci (aka TeZ) is an Italian interdiscip
linary artist and producer\, living and working in Amsterdam\, who has coll
aborated with\, amongst others\, Adi Newton\, Scanner\, Kim Cascone\, Saver
io Evangelista\, Taylor Deupree\, Sonia Cillari\, Chris Salter\, Honor Harg
er\, Luca Spagnoletti and Domenico Sciajno.\nHe uses technology as a
means to explore perceptual effects and the relationship between sound\, li
ght and space. He focuses primarily on generative compositions with spatial
ized sound for live performances and installations. In his works he adopts
custom developed software and hardware\, featuring original techniques of s
onification and visualization to investigate vibrational phenomena. In rece
nt years his research has extended to the ideation and creation of specific
architectural structures and unconventional sound and light propagation me
thods to enhance immersivity and multisensory perception.\nTeZ is als
o the brainfather of the ‘Optofonica’ platform for Synesthetic Art-Science\
, located in Amsterdam.